AUSTRALIA
Geelong Advertiser
Danny Lannen | May 22nd, 2013
SURVIVOR Chris Pianto sensed a welcome diluting of power as he watched Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart face Victoria’s parliamentary inquiry into institutional sexual abuse.
Mr Pianto perceived panic at times in Archbishop Hart’s responses to cross-examination and was pleased to hear parliamentary panel members give him orders rather than requests.
“I was really glad to see that they had that power to do that and that the church actually can be vulnerable,” Mr Pianto said.
“They’re not the most powerful people in the world. They can be put down by a parliamentary inquiry and probably even more seriously by royal commissioners.
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